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July 1, 2011 Friday 6:49 PM GMT +4
Armenian "Kavkaz" Institute director: Opposition's protests in Armenia
to strengthen in autumn
Azerbaijan, Baku, July 1 / Trend E. Tariverdiyeva /
Undoubtedly, the rallies in Armenia will continue. The serious
political accusations against each other will also continue. This is a
form of political struggle, the director of the Armenian "Kavkaz"
Institute Alexander Iskandaryan said.
"The opposition protests will only intensify from autumn, as a
full-fledged election campaign for the seats in the parliament will
begin from September," he said. "It is impossible to imagine that the
meetings will end a year before the parliamentary elections."
The protest action was held in Yerevan on June 30. About 4,000
participants were there. The protesters occupied the Freedom Square in
the center of the city after opposition politician Levon Ter-Petrosian
urged them.
The ex-president Levon Ter-Petrosian appealed to the Armenian
authorities for them to put forward their proposals within a dialogue
with the opposition.
Ter-Petrosian said that Armenia should change the power that can be
made through early elections.
He said that it is impossible to compare the situation in Armenia with
protests in Georgia. The Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has no
serious opponents in the opposition, he said.
On the contrary, Armenia has a number of opposition parties, which can
pretend for the seats in the parliament, rather than compete. But
there is no doubt that the political struggle will continue,
Iskandaryan said.
"I would not call the processes taking place today as the
establishment of a dialogue between the power and opposition," he
said."It is rather an attempt to establish some rules of the game,
where the political struggle will take place."
This means that in principle, the struggle has not been cancelled,
i.e., the Armenian National Congress and other parties of the
opposition coalition will remain opponents and will continue fighting
just within other framework when there were no contacts between the
power and the opposition, Iskandaryan said.
He said that it is early to make predictions about the presidential
and parliamentary elections in Armenia.
"It is meaningless to talk about early elections. If no force majeure,
that is impossible to predict, takes place, no early elections will
occur."
July 1, 2011 Friday 6:49 PM GMT +4
Armenian "Kavkaz" Institute director: Opposition's protests in Armenia
to strengthen in autumn
Azerbaijan, Baku, July 1 / Trend E. Tariverdiyeva /
Undoubtedly, the rallies in Armenia will continue. The serious
political accusations against each other will also continue. This is a
form of political struggle, the director of the Armenian "Kavkaz"
Institute Alexander Iskandaryan said.
"The opposition protests will only intensify from autumn, as a
full-fledged election campaign for the seats in the parliament will
begin from September," he said. "It is impossible to imagine that the
meetings will end a year before the parliamentary elections."
The protest action was held in Yerevan on June 30. About 4,000
participants were there. The protesters occupied the Freedom Square in
the center of the city after opposition politician Levon Ter-Petrosian
urged them.
The ex-president Levon Ter-Petrosian appealed to the Armenian
authorities for them to put forward their proposals within a dialogue
with the opposition.
Ter-Petrosian said that Armenia should change the power that can be
made through early elections.
He said that it is impossible to compare the situation in Armenia with
protests in Georgia. The Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has no
serious opponents in the opposition, he said.
On the contrary, Armenia has a number of opposition parties, which can
pretend for the seats in the parliament, rather than compete. But
there is no doubt that the political struggle will continue,
Iskandaryan said.
"I would not call the processes taking place today as the
establishment of a dialogue between the power and opposition," he
said."It is rather an attempt to establish some rules of the game,
where the political struggle will take place."
This means that in principle, the struggle has not been cancelled,
i.e., the Armenian National Congress and other parties of the
opposition coalition will remain opponents and will continue fighting
just within other framework when there were no contacts between the
power and the opposition, Iskandaryan said.
He said that it is early to make predictions about the presidential
and parliamentary elections in Armenia.
"It is meaningless to talk about early elections. If no force majeure,
that is impossible to predict, takes place, no early elections will
occur."